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RCRA regulates the disposal of solid (nonhazardous) waste and hazardous waste. RCRA has extensive rules and restrictions covering hazardous waste disposal, including disposal facility permit requirements and land disposal restrictions and prohibitions. Disposal of hazardous waste includes the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of waste into any land or water so that such waste or any of its constituents could enter the environment or be emitted into the air or water.
 
 
 
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TypeTitleDateState
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 191 and 194 - Intent to Evaluate Whether the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Continues to Comply with the Disposal Regulations and Compliance Criteria06/16/2009National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 191 and 194 - Intent to Evaluate Whether WIPP Continues to Comply with the Disposal Regulations and Compliance Criteria05/24/2004National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 194 - Central Characterization Project Waste Characterization Program Documents Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste Proposed for Disposal 05/12/2004National
Final Regulations40 CFR 194 - Criteria for the Certification and Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Compliance With the Disposal Regulations07/16/2004National
Final Regulations40 CFR 194 - Criteria for the Certification and Recertification of the WIPP's Compliance With the Disposal Regulations: Recertification Decision04/10/2006National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 194 - Waste Characterization Program Documents Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste From the Hanford Site for Disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant07/06/2005National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 194 - Waste Characterization Program Documents Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste From the Savannah River Site Proposed for Disposal at the WIPP03/18/2003National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 197 - Opportunity to Obtain Information and Present Testimony on Proposed Public Health Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada09/14/2005National
Final Regulations40 CFR 197 - Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada10/15/2008National
Final Regulations40 CFR 268 - Land Disposal Restrictions: Site-Specific Treatment Standard Variance for Selenium Waste for Chemical Waste Management, Chemical Services, LLC12/23/2004National
Final Regulations40 CFR 268 - LDR: Site-Specific Treatment Standard Variance for Selenium Waste for Chemical Waste Management, Chemical Services, LLC11/19/2004National
Proposed Regulations40 CFR 268 - LDR: Site-Specific Treatment Variance for Selenium Waste for Chemical Waste Management, Chemical Services LLC11/19/2004National
NoticesAgency Information Collection Activities: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under the Responsible Appliance Disposal Program; EPA ICR No. 2254.01; OMB Control No. 2060-NEW08/14/2007National
E-lert ArticleAiding School Chemical Safety06/20/2007National
NoticesApproval of a Petition for Exemption from Hazardous Waste Disposal Injection Restrictions to AK Steel Corporation, Middletown, Ohio10/30/2008National
NoticesBiennial Determination of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Compliance with Applicable Federal Environmental Laws for the Period 2006 to 200805/29/2009National
Agency NewsCalifornia Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste09/19/2001National
News BriefsContaminated Rag Exemption Proposed11/20/2003National
News BriefsCourt Voids Yucca Standard07/22/2004National
E-lert ArticleDisposing of Compact Fluorescents in Business07/11/2007National
NoticesDocuments Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste Proposed for Disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant05/04/2004National
Guidance DocumentsEPA Introduction to Land Disposal Units National
Agency NewsEPA Issues Final Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards10/02/2008National
Guidance DocumentsEPA Training Module: Land Disposal Units National
News BriefsFinding a Waste Management Company07/02/2003National
Regulatory AnalysisHazardous Waste Disposal National
Questions & AnswersI am looking for regulations on in-ground hydraulic lifts in an automotive service department. In regards to EPA, what procedures/code must be followed when they are decommissioned and taken out of the ground? What must be done while they are still b National
E-lert ArticleIndustry Fails in Combustor Case08/16/2007National
Guidance DocumentsLow-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Availability in the United States and Other Countries National
News BriefsNo Break for Mercury Waste Disposal02/14/2003National
NoticesProposed Approval of Central Characterization Project's Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at the Savannah River Site03/16/2006National
NoticesProposed Approval of the Central Characterization Project's Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center06/23/2009National
NoticesProposed Approval of the Central Characterization Project's Remote-Handled Waste Characterization Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory08/22/2007National
NoticesProposed Approval of the Central Characterization Project's Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory04/18/2007National
NoticesProposed Approval of the Central Characterization Project's Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory06/20/2008National
NoticesProposed Approval of the Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at the Hanford Site01/30/2008National
Feature ArticlesSix Reminders for Disposing of Hazwaste Sorbent Materials02/07/2005National
NoticesUnderground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption--Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; ExxonMobil Environmental Services Company, Pasadena, Texas02/04/2009National
Feature ArticlesWhat to Do with Aerosol Cans08/25/2009National
E-lert ArticleYucca Million-Year Challenge08/16/2005National